Walter Booker

Appearances

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Complete Cole Porter Songbooks
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Various Artists
Number of Discs: 3

This is not and cannot be the Complete Cole Porter Songbooks, but it's a marvelous collection of 48 timeless jazz interpretations drawn from the Verve catalog. [more]

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Domination [Bonus Tracks]
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Cannonball Adderley
Number of Discs: 1

One of the lesser sessions from Cannonball Adderley's days with Capitol, Domination features arrangements by Oliver Nelson and William Fischer. Recorded in April of [more]

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Blue Note Years, Vol. 3: Organ & Soul 1956-1967
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Various Artists
Label: Blue Note
Number of Discs: 2

This two CD collection was originally released as part of Blue Note's 60th Anniversary boxed set. Jimmy Smith, who was signed by Alfred Lion after he [more]

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Best of Cannonball Adderley: The Capitol Years
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Cannonball Adderley
Label: Blue Note
Number of Discs: 1

Thanks to its ownership of some of Cannonball Adderley's Riverside recordings, Capitol was able to stretch the definition of Best of Cannonball [more]

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Jazz for the Quiet Times [32 Jazz]
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Various Artists
Number of Discs: 1

Jazz giants like Jack McDuff, Sonny Stitt, Kenny Burrell, and Bobby Hutcherson all contribute tracks and brush shoulders with jazz middleweights like Wallace [more]

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Jazz for the Open Road [32 Jazz]
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Various Artists
Number of Discs: 1

This single CD (a 1998 reissue) has ten selections taken from the Muse and Landmark catalogs of the 1970s, '80s and early '90s. The ten selections all feature [more]

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Jazz for a Lazy Day [32 Jazz]
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Various Artists
Number of Discs: 1

Jazz for a Lazy Day lives up to its name, providing the kind of cool, languid jazz that adds that extra something to a weekend or day off. A mix of standards and [more]

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Forecast: Tomorrow
#8007310
Weather Report
Label: Columbia/Legacy
Number of Discs: 4

In an era when box sets are so plentiful and are basically de rigueur for any major, and some not so major labels, it's virtually a wonder that a Weather Report box set didn't [more]

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"Every person has creative potential." —Nnenna Freelon

9. Listen Listen Now!
Listen
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Nnenna Freelon
Label: Columbia
Number of Discs: 1

Nnenna Freelon ought to know. She leads music education workshops for singers, kids and families. She taps into her own creativity on Listen, writing or co-writing [more]

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Ken Burns Jazz
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Sonny Rollins
Number of Discs: 1

With cooperation from the Verve and Columbia Legacy catalogs, the Ken Burns Jazz series on CD individually spotlights the musical excellence of 22 jazz originators whose careers and [more]

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Biography

  • Born Dec 17th 1933 in Prairie View, TX
  • Died Nov 24th 2006 in New York, NY

Not a flashy player, Walter Booker's a reliable bassist and underrated stylist. His big tone and ability to play well in the bass's highest register reflects his knowledge of vintage and contemporary approaches. He's also an above average bowed soloist. Booker played clarinet and alto sax in college with a concert band. He began on bass while in the service. Booker worked with Andrew White in Washington after his discharge, playing in the JFK Quintet during the early '60s. He later worked with Donald Byrd, Sonny Rollins and Ray Bryant, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson and Chick Corea in the '60s, before joining Cannonball Adderley. Booker was in Adderley's band from the late '60s until Adderley's death in 1975, regularly touring and recording. During the mid-'70s and through the '80s, Booker's played and recorded with Betty Carter, Nick Brignola, Billy Higgins, Richie Cole, Phil Woods, John Hicks, Pharoah Sanders, Nat Adderley, Arnett Cobb and Clifford Jordan. He has no sessions available as a leader, but can heard on many CDs by Adderley, Sanders, Jordan, and many others. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide